Blue Beetle
This was a film of two halves for me. The opening sections dragged and I couldn’t really click with the context, characters and soundtrack. At a later point, though, it grew into a better place. There’s a nice heart to this film, and a couple of sequences in particular had a wonderful combination of visuals, sound and meaning. Instead of the dreadful chugging nu-Mex-metal dirge, something more akin to Tangerine Dream accompanied some touching moments.
Miguel from Cobra Kai was a likeable lead, although I genuinely hated how some of his pithy comments during battles and suit-discovery moments were drowned out by the jarring soundtrack. That’s a real flaw in the sound production. A few of the characters were just plain annoying to start with, but grew into something better. Some of the inventions and revelations were pure narrative contrivance, which annoyed a tad, but I finished the flick feeling like I’d enjoyed a decent, old school superhero film with a good heart.
This was a film of two halves for me. The opening sections dragged and I couldn’t really click with the context, characters and soundtrack. At a later point, though, it grew into a better place. There’s a nice heart to this film, and a couple of sequences in particular had a wonderful combination of visuals, sound and meaning. Instead of the dreadful chugging nu-Mex-metal dirge, something more akin to Tangerine Dream accompanied some touching moments.
Miguel from Cobra Kai was a likeable lead, although I genuinely hated how some of his pithy comments during battles and suit-discovery moments were drowned out by the jarring soundtrack. That’s a real flaw in the sound production. A few of the characters were just plain annoying to start with, but grew into something better. Some of the inventions and revelations were pure narrative contrivance, which annoyed a tad, but I finished the flick feeling like I’d enjoyed a decent, old school superhero film with a good heart.
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